I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

A tingling in her spine warned her the path that lay ahead was dangerous, but her curiosity placated her, driving her onward against her instincts.

Evolving increases our value, and when we know our value, we navigate toward those with whom we share a genuine interest and appreciation. The rest, in my estimation, is bondage.

Immortals must always give humans one thing! Either fear and terror! Or beauty!!

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

The biographer's real business - if it is not too arrogant to say so - is simply this: to bring the dead to life.

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

I haven't had any plastic surgery - despite what people think, this is my nose. I have had Restylane and Botox, but I don't think of that as plastic surgery any more.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.